'''Dawn''' is a young, blue-haired [[Pokémon]] [[Coordinator]] who used to travel through the [[Sinnoh]] region along with [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]] and [[Brock (anime)|Brock]]. Dawn started her journey at the age of 10, honing her skills as a Pokémon [[Trainer]] and focusing on becoming a Top Coordinator like her mother, [[Johanna]].

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*[[Kenny (Sinnoh)|Kenny]]

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*[[Barry]]

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*[[May (anime)|May]]

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*[[Iris (anime)|Iris]]

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*[[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]]

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|firstappear = ''[[DP001: Following A Maiden's Voyage!]]''

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'''Dawn''' (Japanese: '''ヒカリ''' ''Hikari'') is a young [[Pokémon]] [[Coordinator]] who used to travel through the [[Sinnoh]] region along with [[Ash]] and [[Brock]]. Dawn started her journey at the age of 10, honing her skills as a Pokémon [[Trainer]] and focusing on becoming a Top Coordinator like her mother, [[Johanna]]. Her current team is consisted out of [[Piplup]], [[Buneary]], [[Pachirisu]], [[Mamoswine]], [[Quilava]] and [[Togekiss]].

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She's notable for her confidence, even when things are not going well. She has learned a lot throughout her travels and battles and can get very emotional when it comes to winning or losing in a contest. Throughout her Sinnoh travels she has developed rivalries with many coordinators such as [[Zoey]], [[Nando]], [[Jessie]], [[Kenny (Sinnoh)|Kenny]], and even a fierce one with [[Ursula]], her rival. There´s also a disputable romantic interest she has in Ash because when characters accuse her of it she blushes.

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She's notable for her confidence, even when things are not going well. She has learned a lot throughout her travels and battles and can get very emotional when it comes to winning or losing in a contest. Throughout her Sinnoh travels she has developed rivalries with many coordinators such as [[Zoey]] (her main rival, albeit a friendly one), [[Nando]], [[Jessie]], [[Kenny (Sinnoh)|Kenny]], and[[Ursula]], her rivals.

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==Dawn's Biography==

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==Appearance==

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===Diamond and Pearl===

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Dawn's outfit consists of a mini dress which is mostly black with a white undershirt inside a V-shaped neck with a short pink skirt. On her head, she wears a white beanie with a pink Poké Ball print on it. She also wears gold hair clips that hold up her hair in front. On her feet, she wears pink knee-high boots with black socks underneath. She also has a small yellow backpack with all her personal belongings. It is nearly identical to her game counterpart's with the exception of her scarf and bag. Her contest outfit is a pink dress with a necklace which has a small red ribbon on it, dark pink horizontal and vertical accents, pink sash, and has her hair in a ponytail. Dawn's swimwear is a two-piece swimsuit colored peachy-orange and yellow. In the Grand Festival, she wore a cream-yellow mini-dress with an orange sash, pinkish-red ribbon in her hair and another identical one in her chest, long white gloves, a white petticoat, and low heel ballet pumps.

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Dawn made her debut in the first episode of '''Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl''', ''[[DP001: Following A Maiden's Voyage!|Following A Maiden's Voyage!]]''. In the next episode she met [[Ash Ketchum|Ash's]] [[Pikachu]] after it had temporarily escaped from [[Team Rocket]]. Returning [[Pikachu]] to Ash would be how she met him and [[Brock]]. Dawn traveled with Ash and Brock through Sinnoh until Ash and Brock left for home after the Sinnoh League.

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[[File:Dawn_w_piplup.jpg|thumb|Dawn returning her fainted Piplup back in his Poké Ball.]]Dawn is a very confident person, when she makes a mistake she will often quickly [[recover]] and strive to do better. Sometimes she can be a little overconfident though, and it may cause her to make a mistake, like when she had her newly evolved Ambipom use swift. Despite this, Dawn is carefree and is always confident in her abilities, even from the beginning of her journey. Dawn is also tough and will stop at nothing to save her Pokémon when they are in trouble, much like [[Ash]]. When she first dressed up for a contest, Brock and Ash were suprised to find a more feminine side of her than her usual, somewhat tomboyish self. Dawn will usually say the phrase, "No need to worry!", to which her mother views this as a cause to worry more. Dawn's mother, [[Johanna]], gave Dawn her very first ribbon in the first episode and now Dawn keeps it with her as a good-luck charm. Her old friends for some mysterious reason (which Dawn keeps trying to hide) call her "Dee Dee" (Diamond Dandruff). In DP161 it was revealed that the reason for the name was due to her hair glittering (ピカピカ pikapika) after being shocked by the class pets in her kindergarten, Plusle and Minun. Due to the trauma from being teased by her entire class with the nickname, she is very reluctant to let others know the origin of the name.With her hair ruined, Kenny spread the word and soon she was teased by the nickname.

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==Personality==

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Dawn is very confident in her abilities. Though not to the same extent as Ash. She often gets emotional when she loses, and Ash and Brock often helped her to cope with that. When she lost two contests in a row, not managing to get through the appeals round, she became very depressed. However, she regained her confidence after she won the Wallace Cup. She is also very sensitive and supportive of her friends. A clear example of that occurred when she worked on a cheerleading recital to help Ash feel better after he fell into depression after his humiliating defeat at the hands of his bitter rival Paul. She also quite appears to be quick tempered sometimes.

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Dawn seems to be more fixated on her appearance then the other two main female characters [[Misty]] and [[May (anime)|May]]. In an episode, Dawn would refuse to show herself to [[Ash]] and [[Brock]] until she straightened out her bed hair. She will also brush her hair thoroughly before appearing on T.V. Dawn also seems to have some talent in designing, as she designed a series of outfits for the Hearthome Collection and [[Buneary|Buneary's]] outfit.

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==Biography==

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===Diamond & Pearl===

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Dawn made her debut in ''[[DP001: Following A Maiden's Voyage!|Following A Maiden's Voyage!]]'' when she picked [[Dawn's Piplup|Piplup]] as her starter Pokémon. In the next episode she met [[Ash's Pikachu]] after it had temporarily escaped from [[Team Rocket]]. Returning Pikachu to Ash would be how she met him and Brock. Dawn traveled with Ash and Brock through Sinnoh until Ash and Brock left for home after the Sinnoh League.

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[[File:Dawn w piplup.jpg|left|thumb|Dawn returning her fainted Piplup back in his Poké Ball.]]

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When she makes a mistake she will often quickly [[recover]] and strive to do better. Sometimes she can be a little overconfident though, and it may cause her to make a simple mistake, like when she had her newly evolved Ambipom use Swift. Despite this, Dawn is carefree, upbeat, cheerful and is always confident in her abilities, even from the beginning of her journey. Dawn's mother, [[Johanna]], gave Dawn her very first ribbon in the first episode and now Dawn keeps it with her as a good-luck charm. Her old friends for some mysterious reason (which Dawn keeps trying to hide) call her "Dee Dee" (Diamond Dandruff). Dawn seems to be more fixated on her appearance then the other two main female characters [[Misty (anime)|Misty]] and [[May (anime)|May]]. In an episode, Dawn would refuse to show herself to Ash and Brock until she straightened out her bed hair.

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In her first contest, Dawn makes friends with a talented Coordinator called [[Zoey]]. Dawn loses her accessory just before the contest, and aftermuchpanickingandsearching,it is revealed that she haddroppeditandZoeyhadpickeditup. Afterreturningit to Dawn,Zoeygoes on towinthecontest.Dawncriesat her lossandafter a quickwordofsupportfrom her mother,ZoeytalkstoDawnabouthowlosingisjustalessonthatyoushouldlearnfrom. Dawn promisesthatshewillbecomejustasgoodasZoeyoneday, andatthis a rivalry isformedbetween the twogirls.

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In her first contest, Dawn makes friends with a talented Coordinator called [[Zoey]]. Dawn loses her accessory just before the contest and thusthecontest.Zoeytalksto Dawn about how losing is just a lesson that you should learn from. Dawn promises that she willbecomejustasgoodasZoeyoneday. Forawhile, Dawn seemedto be on alosingstreak,losingintheappeal round of her competitionstwotimes in a row.Hergoalproceededas she participated in her fourth[[PokémonContest]]intheepisode''[[DP114:AnotherOneGabitesTheDust!|AnotherOneGabitesTheDust!]]''where Dawn facedarathermeanandarrogantgirlnamed[[Ursula]].Afterinsultingher, thetwocoordinators developed a fierce rivalry.Soonenough,two girls faced each other at the finalswhere [[Dawn's Pachirisu]] barely managed to beat [[Ursula]]'s [[Gabite]] though winning the battle.

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As she learns about the [[Double Performance|double appeals]] in the upcoming contest, Dawn is determined to create a new combination. At first she lacks of ideas, but soon develops an Ice-Fire combination idea consisted out of Mamoswine and Cyndaquil.

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Forawhile,Dawnseemedtobeonalosingstreak,losing in the appeal round of her competitionstwotimesinarow.Thoughlearning that the [[GymLeader]][[Maylene]]hadsimilarproblems and confidenceissuessheagreedtobattleher in the episode'''''CrossingTheBattleLine!'''''.Thoughshelostthisbattle,itmotivatedhertotrainharderand she did.Sheeventuallywouldgoonto win the [[WallaceCup]],defeating[[May(anime)|May]]intheprocess.FromhereonDawncurrentlyhasthree ribbons and isstrongly pursuing hergoal.

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Itwasrevealedthatthereasonforthenamewasdueto her hairglittering(ピカピカpikapika)afterbeingshockedby the classpetsinherkindergarten,Plusle and Minun.Withherhairruined,Kennyspread the wordandsoonshewasteasedbythenickname.SinceherlastwinintheDaybreakTown, she hasbeentraininghardfortheupcoming [[GrandFestival]] andhascomeupwithmanynewcombinationssuchasthePachirisu/Mamoswinecombo and theBuneary/Cyndaquilcombo.

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Hergoalproceededassheparticipatedinherfourth[[PokémonContest]] in the episode''''AnotherOneGabitestheDust!'''''' ''where Dawn facedarathermeanandarrogantgirlnamed [[Ursula]].Afterinsultingher,thetwocoordinatorsdevelopedafiercerivalry. Soonenough,twogirlsfacedeachotheratthefinals where Dawn's [[Pachirisu]] barely managed to beat[[Gabite]]from[[Ursula]]thoughwinning the battle. Dawnwonthecontestandsowonherfourthribbon. Nowonlyoneribboniskeepingheraway from the goalofparticipatinginthe[[GrandFestival]]andpossibly fulfilling her dream of becoming the [[Coordinator|Top Coordinator]]

Asshelearns about the [[double performance|double appeals]] in the upcoming contest, Dawnisdeterminedtocreateanewcombination. At first she lacks of ideas, but soondevelops a Ice-Fire combinationideaconsisted out of Mamoswine and Cyndaquil. While using [[Flame Wheel]], Cyndaquilistrappedinside of the ice block. Dawn however fails to perfect her combo and it's not until herfifth [[contest]] in Daybreak town where she faces Ursula that she manages to use it successfully. With the help of [[Plusle]] and [[Minun]],UrsulamanagestomakeDawn'shair glitter again embarrassing her in front of everyone. Dawn relives the flashbackfrom the past, but soon finds encouragement as she orders one final combo from [[Cyndaquil]] and [[Mamoswine]]. Within[[Mamoswine]]'s ice block, [[Cyndaquil]] manages to form an ice rocket powered up with a [[Flame Wheel]] from inside. The attack successfully collides with the little [[Plusle]] and [[Minun]] assuring Dawn her fifth and final [[Contest|contest ribbon]] then she says that ifKennyorUrsulacallherDeeDee(Pikari in the original) again she will shake it off and insult them back if she needs to.

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ZoeyandDawn, theybothshowcasetheirskillsasTopCoordinator; but asthetimeruns out, withonlyfewpointsdifference [[Zoey]] wins the title of [[Coordinator|Top Coordinator]] and theSinnohRibbonCupsoshegets in the secondplace. Shepromises to her Pokémon that theywillnotstoptryinguntiltheyreach the top.

Inepisode171 Dawn passes through a town where a Pokémon [[contest]] (Last one) before the Sinnoh Grand Festival is about to start. Dawn enters the contest as of everyone's surprise (especially Jessie) but the truth is that [[Princess Salvia]], a girl who looks like Dawn, posed as Dawn and entered the contest with her [[Dawn's Togekiss|Togekiss]]. Meanwhile, Dawn posed as the princess. Dawn was not suiting for this, as she had no princess-like qualities and also showed discourtesy, thus had major trouble portraying Salvia. However she managed to pull through without being discovered. During both Appeal and Battle Round the princess enters with her Togekiss and actually winning it. But Later she gives away the Ribbon to [[Jessie]] for her hard work and gives Dawn her Togekiss so that it may continue to participate in [[contest]]s. Thus Dawn acquires a Togekiss to her Team.In episode 172 Dawn teaches her new Pokémon [[Togekiss]] about battles and to maintain elegant looks.

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===Black&White===

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[[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Iris (anime)|Iris]] and [[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]] arrives at [[Cynthia]]'s house waiting to see who's waiting for Ash. Once they come in Dawn sneaks behind Ash and pokes him, making him think someone's behind him. She's then introduced to Iris and Cilan and Ash tells Dawn about his new friend [[Meloetta (anime)|Meloetta]]. Dawn misunderstands what he's talking about and he decides to show her Ash's new Pokémon and Iris' and Cilan's as well. She introduces herself to them and brings out her own Pokémon, revealing her [[Cyndaquil]] evolved into [[Dawn's Quilava|Quilava]] which impresses Ash. Cilan decides to battle Dawn since Dawn is a coordinator and Cilan is a connoisseur. During the battle Dawn showed everyone her contest moves and Cilan gave his evaluation which confused Dawn and embarrassed Iris. After the battle they decide to relax for a while and they hear Meloetta sing its song. Team Rocket records the song and reports it to Prof. Segar as they make preparations for the future. In [[BW095: Goodbye, Junior Cup - Hello Adventure!|BW095]], she left for the [[Johto]] region.

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In episode 174 the grand festival begins. All the coordinators start-off against each other in the Appeal Round. During the First Round, Ursula uses two Eevees which were evolved into Flareon and Vaporeon, Nando uses Altaria and Kricketot, Zoey uses Gastrodon and Lumineon, Jessilina uses Seviper and Yanmega, Kenny uses Empoleon and Floatzel, Dawn uses Buneary and Cyndaquil and the Festival continues with others. Kenny's performance is flawed when his Empoleon's Flash Cannon hits Floatzel's Whirlpool which knocks Floatzel down. At the end of the day, the results are announced. Except Kenny, all of Dawn's rivals including Dawn make it to the Battle Round.

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==Pokémon==

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===On hand===

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{{AnimePokémon|type = water|image = Dawn Piplup.png|info = Having run off from the lab in a dispute with Chimchar, Dawn finds Piplup trapped in a web and helps it out. Piplup & Dawn grew a close bond very quickly. Piplup can be described as a brat, but it truely tries its best in battles, despite the fact that its not the most powerful Pokémon. Piplup usually tries to show off his pride by taking the lead. Dawn tends to let Piplup stay out of its Poké Ball but does keep it in sometimes. In the final episode, Piplup is very upset when Ash, Brock and Pikachu return to Kanto, and cries while waving goodbye to them.|nameline = [[Dawn's Piplup|Piplup]]|gender = Male}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = normal|image = Dawn Buneary.png|info = After having various Buneary attack her during her travels, Dawn came across another Buneary. Eager to add it to her team, she attempts to battle it and eventually succeeds and captures it. Buneary is female and appears to have a crush on [[Ash's Pikachu]] and knows many powerful attacks including Ice Beam. In the final episode, Buneary is chosen to model for a Pokémon Magazine, resulting in Dawn staying behind in Sinnoh while Ash and Brock return to Kanto.|nameline = [[Dawn's Buneary|Buneary]]|gender = female}}

{{AnimePokémon|type=electric|image = Dawn Pachirisu.png|info=Duringhertravels,Dawnmetupwithahyper Pachirisu. After several problems between Pachirisu and the group, Dawn eventuallybefriended the cute little squirrel. ItisalovingPokémon, that is known to shock Dawn whenever it is happy,causing Dawn aBadHairDay.However,ithassomepowerfulattacksincludingSparksoit is able to hold its own in battle.|nameline = [[Dawn's Pachirisu|Pachirisu]]|gender = Male}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type2 = ground|image = Dawn Mamoswine.png|info = After evolving from Piloswine, Mamoswine seems to be even more hot-headed and immediately charged at Ash & Co. With its powerful attacks such as AncientPower and Ice Shard, Mamoswine is the major massive powerhouse of Dawn's team. After it evolved, it had trouble obeying Dawn until Dawn managed to convince it to obey when she took care of it when it was injured. When it's not in battle, it has a habit of sleeping.|nameline = [[Dawn's Mamoswine|Swinub → Piloswine → Mamoswine]]|type = ice|gender = }}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = fire|image = Dawn Quilava.png|info = While Dawn was helping Professor Rowan to get some runaway Pokémon back, Dawn & her Pokémon got captured by a swarm of Ariados. In order to help, Cyndaquil evolved into Quilava and managed to use its massively powerful attacks such as Eruption to defeat the Ariados and protect its trainer.|nameline = [[Dawn's Quilava|Egg → Cyndaquil → Quilava]]|gender = }}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = fairy|image = Dawn Togekiss.png|info = After allowing a princess called Salvia to take her place in a Pokémon Contest, Salvia was kind enough to allow Dawn to have her Togekiss so that Togekiss can partake in Pokémon Contests, which Salvia herself is unable to do. Togekiss has many powerful attacks such as Aura Sphere that allow it to be able to be able to hold its own in battles as well as create dazzling appeals. On Normal Situations, it acts like the eldest Pokémon, just like a big sister to all of Dawn's other Pokémon.

In episode 176 Dawn manage to reach the top 4 of the grand festival. There finds herself against to no other than Jessilina. In the end Dawn won and advanced to the final to face Zoey who beat Nando in the semi-finals.

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===In training===

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{{AnimePokémon|type = normal|image = Dawn Ambipom.png|info = Before evolving, Ambipom was originally Ash's Pokémon. However, since Ash met it, it has loved the idea of contests and not battling and was eventually traded to Dawn and evolved soon afterward. Through the training it received from Ash when it was an Aipom, Ambipom is one of the major powerhouses of Dawn's team, and with this and its love for Contests, it is likely to be used many times in Dawn's campaigns. After partaking in a Pokémon Ping-Pong Tournament, it learned its true calling and after much consideration, decided to leave Dawn and Ash to stay and train in Ping-Pong.|nameline = [[Dawn's Ambipom|Aipom → Ambipom]]|gender = female}}

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Inepisode 177 the Sinnoh Grand Festival starts between Zoey and Dawn, they both showcase their skills as top coordinator; but as the time runs out, with only few points difference [[Zoey]] wins the title of [[Coordinator|Top Coordinator]] and the Sinnoh Ribbon Cup so she gets in the second place. She promises to her Pokémon that they will not stop trying until they reach the top.

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===Tradedaway===

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{{AnimePokémon|type = water|image = Ash's Buizel.png|info = After hooking it while fishing, the strong Buizel managed to take out Pikachu, Piplup and Zoey's Glameow. This made all three want to get it. After rescuing it from Team Rocket, Buizel allowed Dawn to battle it in order to capture it, which she did. Buizel is a rather strong and arrogant Pokémon, the strength of her team. However, due to its arrogance, it is not above disobeying orders. Buizel was more into battling than contests. This led Zoey to ask Dawn if it was right to be in her team. After a trial, Dawn decided to trade Buizel for Ash's Aipom.|nameline = [[Ash's Buizel|Buizel]]|gender = male}}

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In DP191, this is Dawn's last appearance as a main character. Upon returning to Twinleaf Town, Johanna informs Dawn that [[Paris]] from Hearthome City wants Dawn to model Buneary and the outfits she designed. Although Dawn was originally going to leave with Ash and Brock to go to Kanto, she decides that she will remain in Sinnoh.

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===Befriended===

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{{AnimePokémon

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|image = Shaymin M11 Land Forme.png

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|info = Dawn befriended Shaymin when it was trying to return to [[Gracidea (Sinnoh)|Gracidea]]. It also assisted her into stopping [[Zero]] from taking over the [[Reverse World]].

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|nameline = [[Shaymin (MS011)|Shaymin]]}}

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|type = psychic

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|info = Dawn first encountered Mesprit in its spirit form at [[Lake Verity]]. When Mesprit was captured by [[Team Galactic]], Dawn and Piplup came and freed it from the [[Red Chain]]'s power. Together with their hearts connected along with [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Azelf (anime)|Azelf]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]], and [[Uxie (anime)|Uxie]], Dawn and Mesprit worked together to calm [[Dialga (anime)|Dialga]] and [[Palkia (anime)|Palkia]] and save the Sinnoh region from destruction.

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|image = Mesprit anime.png

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|nameline = [[Mesprit (anime)|Mesprit]]}}

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[[Ash]], Dawn, and [[Brock]] arrive at the port at Jubilife City, where they are getting supplies. Dawn thanks Ash and Brock for all their help and wishes them luck in their futures, while Ash and Brock wish her the same. Ash and Dawn give each other one last high five before parting. As Ash, Brock, and Pikachu board the ship, Dawn feels very saddened and looks away as the ship leaves the harbor. Ash then calls out to Dawn, reciting her phrase "No Need to Worry! We'll meet again someday!". Dawn then brightens up and she and a tearful Piplup run out to the harbor and sadly wave goodbye to Ash, Brock and Pikachu as they sail away in the sunset. Piplup then jumps into Dawn's arms and give each other a big hug, knowing although Ash and Brock are no longer with them, they will always have each other.

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===Temporary===

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{{AnimePokémon|type = electric|image = Ash Pikachu.png|info = When Pikachu got lost, Dawn encountered it and tried to catch it. When the Poké Ball failed to, she realized he belongs to someone and searched for his trainer and succeeded.She also tried to protect Pikachu from Team Rocket.|nameline = [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]]|gender = male}}

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InthePokémonDPSpecialEpisode1,DawnhasbeenspendinghertimeinTwinleafTownsince Buneary's photo shoot, tryingto decide whether to pursue becoming a Pokéstylist or continuing contests. She visits Rowan's lab where she meets a new trainer, Cinco,whoisabout to startherjourney. However, while she and Cinco are looking for Chimchar and Piplup, who got into a fight and ran off (like the first episode), they are attacked by wild Ariados. Piplupand Cyndaquil do battle against them, resulting in Dawn's Cyndaquilevolvinginto Quilava. Near the end of the episode, Dawn decides to continue to her journey to the Hoenn region.

In[[BW088]] [[Ash]], [[Iris]] and [[Cilan]] arrives at [[Cynthia]]'s house waiting to see who's waiting for Ash and once theycomein Dawn sneaksbehindAshandmakeshimthinkwho'sbehindhimandfinally reunites with Dawn andintroducesherself to Iris and Cilan and Ash tells Dawn about his new friend Meloetta and Dawn is misunderstood what he is talking about and decides to show Dawn, Ash's new pokemon and Iris's and Cilan's as well and she introduces herself to them and finally she brings out her pokemon but the onlydifference about her pokemon is her [[Cyndaquil]]evolves into a [[Quilava]] which impresses Ash however when Dawn's Piplup meets Meloetta and Oshawott finds out he has a crush on her as well they both start a rivalry, After that Oshawott pushes Piplup and Ash tells Oshawott to apologize to Piplup but Piplup denies it and then both start the rivalry again, then Ash asks Dawn if they want to battle but Cilan decides to battle Dawn since Dawn is a coordinator and Cilan is a connoisseur, during the battle Dawn was showing everyone her contest moves and after that Cilan did his evaluation time thing which made Dawn confused and humilated Iris, After that Cilan and [[Pansage]] talks about Dawn as a coordinator and she says "Does every connoisseur act like this" and Pansage uses Solarbeam and Dawn tells Piplup to counter with Ice Beam which is a new move to Piplup and makes sparks everywhere and amazes Meloetta and they continue their battle later, After the battle they decide to relax for a little while and they hear Meloetta sing its song and Team Rocket records the song and reports it to Prof. Segar and they make preparations for the future.

{{AnimePokémon|type = water|image = Dawn Piplup.png|info = Having run off from the lab in a dispute with Chimchar, Dawn finds Piplup trapped in a web and helps it out. Piplup & Dawn grew a close bond very quickly. Piplup can be described as a brat, but it truely tries its best in battles, despite the fact that its not the most powerful Pokémon. Piplup usually tries to show off his pride by taking the lead. Dawn tends to let Piplup stay out of its Poké Ball but does keep it in sometimes. In the final episode, Piplup is very upset when Ash, Brock and Pikachu return to Kanto, and cries while waving goodbye to them.|nameline = [[Dawn's Piplup|Piplup]]|gender = Male}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = normal|image = Dawn Buneary.png|info = After having various Buneary attack her during her travels, Dawn came across another Buneary. Eager to add it to her team, she attempts to battle it and eventually succeeds and captures it. Buneary is female and appears to have a crush on Ash's Pikachu and knows many powerful attacks including Ice Beam. In the final episode, Buneary is chosen to model for a Pokémon Magazine, resulting in Dawn staying behind in Sinnoh while Ash and Brock return to Kanto.|nameline = [[Dawn's Buneary|Buneary]]|gender = female}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = electric|image = Dawn Pachirisu.png|info = During her travels, Dawn met up with a hyper Pachirisu. After several problems between Pachirisu and the group, Dawn eventually befriended the cute little squirrel. It is a loving Pokémon, that is known to shock Dawn whenever it is happy, causing Dawn a Bad Hair Day. However, it has some powerful attacks including Spark so it is able to hold its own in battle.|nameline = [[Dawn's Pachirisu|Pachirisu]]|gender = Male}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = ground|image = Dawn Mamoswine.png|info = After evolving from Piloswine, Mamoswine seems to be even more hot-headed and immediately charged at Ash & Co. With its powerful attacks such as AncientPower and Ice Shard, Mamoswine is the major massive powerhouse of Dawn's team. After it evolved, it had trouble obeying Dawn until Dawn managed to convince it to obey when she took care of it when it was injured. When it's not in battle, it has a habit of sleeping.|nameline = [[Dawn's Mamoswine|Swinub → Piloswine → Mamoswine]]|type2 = ice|gender = Male}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = fire|image = Dawn Quilava.png|info = While Dawn was helping Professor Rowan to get some runaway Pokémon back, Dawn & her Pokémon got captured by a swarm of Ariados. In order to help, Cyndaquil evolved into Quilava and managed to use its massively powerful attacks such as Eruption to defeat the Ariados and protect its trainer.|nameline = [[Dawn's Quilava|Egg → Cyndaquil → Quilava]]|gender = Male}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = normal|image = Dawn Togekiss.png|info = After allowing a princess called Salvia to take her place in a Pokémon Contest, Salvia was kind enough to allow Dawn to have her Togekiss so that Togekiss can partake in Pokémon Contests, which Salvia herself is unable to do. Togekiss has many powerful attacks such as Aura Sphere that allow it to be able to be able to hold its own in battles as well as create dazzling appeals. On Normal Situations, it acts like the eldest Pokémon, just like a big sister to all of Dawn's other Pokémon.

{{AnimePokémon|type = normal|image = Dawn Ambipom.png|info = Before evolving, Ambipom was originally Ash's Pokémon. However, since Ash met it, it has loved the idea of contests and not battling and was eventually traded to Dawn and evolved soon afterward. Through the training it received from Ash when it was an Aipom, Ambipom is one of the major powerhouses of Dawn's team, and with this and its love for Contests, it is likely to be used many times in Dawn's campaigns. After partaking in a Pokémon Ping-Pong Tournament, it learned it's true calling and after much consideration, decided to leave Dawn & Ash and stay training in Ping-Pong.|nameline = [[Dawn's Ambipom|Aipom → Ambipom]]|gender = female}}

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{{AnimePokémon|type = water|image = Ash's Buizel.png|info = After hooking it while fishing, the strong Buizel managed to take out Pikachu, Piplup and Zoey's Glameow. This made all three want to get it. After rescuing it from Team Rocket, Buizel allowed Dawn to battle it in order to capture it, which she did. Buizel is a rather strong and arrogant Pokémon, the strength of her team. However, due to its arrogance, it is not above disobeying orders. Buizel was more into battling than contests. This led Zoey to ask Dawn if it was right to be in her team. After a trial, Dawn decided to trade Buizel for Ash's Aipom.|nameline = [[Ash's Buizel|Buizel]]|gender = male}}

*Dawn's bike was destroyed by [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]]'s [[Thunderbolt]], a sort of ongoing gag that has been used with the other two girls, [[Misty (anime)|Misty]] and [[May (anime)|May]]. Not with [[Iris (anime)|Iris]] though with her swinging on vines.

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*Both Hikari and Dawn mean some type of light.

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*As revealed in DP161, Dawn's nickname Pikari/Dee Dee is tied with her fear of [[Plusle]] and [[Minun]].

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*Dawn is the first main character other than Ash to see a [[Legendary Pokémon]] right at the beginning of her journey with her destined Pokémon. Ash saw [[Ho-oh]] with Pikachu on his side while Dawn saw [[Mesprit]] after saving Piplup.

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*Dawn is the first of Ash's companions to have caught an {{Type|Electric}}-type Pokémon, [[Dawn's Pachirisu|Pachirisu]].

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*Dawn's personality reflects one of the emotion Pokémon, Mesprit.

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*Dawn is the first female protagonist to trade Pokémon with Ash.

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*Dawn is Ash's only companion who did not have a particular reason for traveling with Ash and Brock through a region.

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*Dawn is the second character besides May to travel to another region Ash has already been through. In Dawn's case, she traveled to Hoenn where Ash previously traveled, and May traveled to Johto where Ash was traveling before meeting her.

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*Dawn became famous for winning the [[Wallace Cup]].

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*Dawn has battled two Gym Leaders in the anime: The first was [[Maylene]] and the second was [[Cilan (anime)|Cilan]].

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*Dawn is Ash's only female travelling companion who didn't use a new outfit during her return.

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*Dawn returned in BW series for nine episodes which is longer than Misty, who returned on two different occasions for a total of five, and May who returned to the show for five episodes total.

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*Dawn has met all three of Ash's rivals, having met [[Gary Oak|Gary]] and [[Paul]] in [[Sinnoh]] and [[Trip]] (during her return in [[Unova]]).

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*Dawn is Ash's only travelling companion who lost to [[Jessie]] in an appeal round and to compete for the same ribbon twice.

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*Both Dawn and Zoey's Japanese names, ''"Hikari" ''and ''"Nozomi"''. They are both also the names of two Shinkansen "bullet train" lines. The Nozomi is faster than the Hikari, which resembles how Zoey goes further in her skills as a coordinator, than Dawn.

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*Dawn is the only female companion of Ash's that has battled against a member of the Elite Four. In this case, it is [[Lucian]].

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*Dawn is the first female protagonist who has traded Pokémon with Ash.

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*Dawn is Ash's only traveling companion who has never met Misty, Max, Delia or Tracey in person.

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*Dawn is the only female character who did not get to travel to Pallet Town, or meet with Ash alone; Brock was with them.

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*Dawn is Ash's only companion who did not have a particular reason for traveling with Ash and Brock through a region.

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*Dawn is the only character besides Tracey who only traveled with Ash through one region.

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*Dawn is the only character that seems to recognize Team Rocket in disguise.

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*Dawn is the second character besides May to travel to another region Ash has already been through. In Dawn's case, she traveled to Hoenn where Ash previously traveled, and May traveled to Johto where Ash was traveling before meeting her.

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*Dawn became famous for winning the [[Wallace Cup]].

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*Dawn has battled two Gym Leaders in the anime: The first was [[Maylene]] and the second was [[Cilan]].

Dawn is a young, blue-haired PokémonCoordinator who used to travel through the Sinnoh region along with Ash and Brock. Dawn started her journey at the age of 10, honing her skills as a Pokémon Trainer and focusing on becoming a Top Coordinator like her mother, Johanna.

She's notable for her confidence, even when things are not going well. She has learned a lot throughout her travels and battles and can get very emotional when it comes to winning or losing in a contest. Throughout her Sinnoh travels she has developed rivalries with many coordinators such as Zoey (her main rival, albeit a friendly one), Nando, Jessie, Kenny, and Ursula, her rivals.

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Dawn's outfit consists of a mini dress which is mostly black with a white undershirt inside a V-shaped neck with a short pink skirt. On her head, she wears a white beanie with a pink Poké Ball print on it. She also wears gold hair clips that hold up her hair in front. On her feet, she wears pink knee-high boots with black socks underneath. She also has a small yellow backpack with all her personal belongings. It is nearly identical to her game counterpart's with the exception of her scarf and bag. Her contest outfit is a pink dress with a necklace which has a small red ribbon on it, dark pink horizontal and vertical accents, pink sash, and has her hair in a ponytail. Dawn's swimwear is a two-piece swimsuit colored peachy-orange and yellow. In the Grand Festival, she wore a cream-yellow mini-dress with an orange sash, pinkish-red ribbon in her hair and another identical one in her chest, long white gloves, a white petticoat, and low heel ballet pumps.

Dawn is very confident in her abilities. Though not to the same extent as Ash. She often gets emotional when she loses, and Ash and Brock often helped her to cope with that. When she lost two contests in a row, not managing to get through the appeals round, she became very depressed. However, she regained her confidence after she won the Wallace Cup. She is also very sensitive and supportive of her friends. A clear example of that occurred when she worked on a cheerleading recital to help Ash feel better after he fell into depression after his humiliating defeat at the hands of his bitter rival Paul. She also quite appears to be quick tempered sometimes.

Dawn made her debut in Following A Maiden's Voyage! when she picked Piplup as her starter Pokémon. In the next episode she met Ash's Pikachu after it had temporarily escaped from Team Rocket. Returning Pikachu to Ash would be how she met him and Brock. Dawn traveled with Ash and Brock through Sinnoh until Ash and Brock left for home after the Sinnoh League.

Dawn returning her fainted Piplup back in his Poké Ball.

When she makes a mistake she will often quickly recover and strive to do better. Sometimes she can be a little overconfident though, and it may cause her to make a simple mistake, like when she had her newly evolved Ambipom use Swift. Despite this, Dawn is carefree, upbeat, cheerful and is always confident in her abilities, even from the beginning of her journey. Dawn's mother, Johanna, gave Dawn her very first ribbon in the first episode and now Dawn keeps it with her as a good-luck charm. Her old friends for some mysterious reason (which Dawn keeps trying to hide) call her "Dee Dee" (Diamond Dandruff). Dawn seems to be more fixated on her appearance then the other two main female characters Misty and May. In an episode, Dawn would refuse to show herself to Ash and Brock until she straightened out her bed hair.

In her first contest, Dawn makes friends with a talented Coordinator called Zoey. Dawn loses her accessory just before the contest and thus the contest. Zoey talks to Dawn about how losing is just a lesson that you should learn from. Dawn promises that she will become just as good as Zoey one day. For a while, Dawn seemed to be on a losing streak, losing in the appeal round of her competitions two times in a row. Her goal proceeded as she participated in her fourth Pokémon Contest in the episode Another One Gabites The Dust! where Dawn faced a rather mean and arrogant girl named Ursula. After insulting her, the two coordinators developed a fierce rivalry. Soon enough, two girls faced each other at the finals where Dawn's Pachirisu barely managed to beat Ursula's Gabite though winning the battle.
As she learns about the double appeals in the upcoming contest, Dawn is determined to create a new combination. At first she lacks of ideas, but soon develops an Ice-Fire combination idea consisted out of Mamoswine and Cyndaquil.

It was revealed that the reason for the name was due to her hair glittering (ピカピカ pikapika) after being shocked by the class pets in her kindergarten, Plusle and Minun. With her hair ruined, Kenny spread the word and soon she was teased by the nickname. Since her last win in the Daybreak Town, she has been training hard for the upcoming Grand Festival and has come up with many new combinations such as the Pachirisu/Mamoswine combo and the Buneary/Cyndaquil combo.

In Last Call — First Round! the Grand Festival begins. Except Kenny, all of Dawn's rivals including Dawn make it to the Battle Round. Dawn battled Ursula once again and after 5 minutes of intense battling Dawn defeats Ursula. After Ursula's defeat she admitted that she is weaker than Dawn.Dawn managed to reach the semi-finals of the Grand Festival. There, she found herself against to no other than Jessilina. In the end, Dawn won and advanced to the finals to face Zoey who has beaten Nando in the semi-finals.

Zoey and Dawn, they both showcase their skills as Top Coordinator; but as the time runs out, with only few points difference Zoey wins the title of Top Coordinator and the Sinnoh Ribbon Cup so she gets in the second place. She promises to her Pokémon that they will not stop trying until they reach the top.

Upon returning to Twinleaf Town, Johanna informs Dawn that Paris from Hearthome City wants Dawn to model Buneary and the outfits she designed. Although Dawn was originally going to leave with Ash and Brock to go to Kanto, she decides that she will remain in Sinnoh.

Ash, Iris and Cilan arrives at Cynthia's house waiting to see who's waiting for Ash. Once they come in Dawn sneaks behind Ash and pokes him, making him think someone's behind him. She's then introduced to Iris and Cilan and Ash tells Dawn about his new friend Meloetta. Dawn misunderstands what he's talking about and he decides to show her Ash's new Pokémon and Iris' and Cilan's as well. She introduces herself to them and brings out her own Pokémon, revealing her Cyndaquil evolved into Quilava which impresses Ash. Cilan decides to battle Dawn since Dawn is a coordinator and Cilan is a connoisseur. During the battle Dawn showed everyone her contest moves and Cilan gave his evaluation which confused Dawn and embarrassed Iris. After the battle they decide to relax for a while and they hear Meloetta sing its song. Team Rocket records the song and reports it to Prof. Segar as they make preparations for the future. In BW095, she left for the Johto region.

Having run off from the lab in a dispute with Chimchar, Dawn finds Piplup trapped in a web and helps it out. Piplup & Dawn grew a close bond very quickly. Piplup can be described as a brat, but it truely tries its best in battles, despite the fact that its not the most powerful Pokémon. Piplup usually tries to show off his pride by taking the lead. Dawn tends to let Piplup stay out of its Poké Ball but does keep it in sometimes. In the final episode, Piplup is very upset when Ash, Brock and Pikachu return to Kanto, and cries while waving goodbye to them.

After having various Buneary attack her during her travels, Dawn came across another Buneary. Eager to add it to her team, she attempts to battle it and eventually succeeds and captures it. Buneary is female and appears to have a crush on Ash's Pikachu and knows many powerful attacks including Ice Beam. In the final episode, Buneary is chosen to model for a Pokémon Magazine, resulting in Dawn staying behind in Sinnoh while Ash and Brock return to Kanto.

During her travels, Dawn met up with a hyper Pachirisu. After several problems between Pachirisu and the group, Dawn eventually befriended the cute little squirrel. It is a loving Pokémon, that is known to shock Dawn whenever it is happy, causing Dawn a Bad Hair Day. However, it has some powerful attacks including Spark so it is able to hold its own in battle.

After evolving from Piloswine, Mamoswine seems to be even more hot-headed and immediately charged at Ash & Co. With its powerful attacks such as AncientPower and Ice Shard, Mamoswine is the major massive powerhouse of Dawn's team. After it evolved, it had trouble obeying Dawn until Dawn managed to convince it to obey when she took care of it when it was injured. When it's not in battle, it has a habit of sleeping.

While Dawn was helping Professor Rowan to get some runaway Pokémon back, Dawn & her Pokémon got captured by a swarm of Ariados. In order to help, Cyndaquil evolved into Quilava and managed to use its massively powerful attacks such as Eruption to defeat the Ariados and protect its trainer.

After allowing a princess called Salvia to take her place in a Pokémon Contest, Salvia was kind enough to allow Dawn to have her Togekiss so that Togekiss can partake in Pokémon Contests, which Salvia herself is unable to do. Togekiss has many powerful attacks such as Aura Sphere that allow it to be able to be able to hold its own in battles as well as create dazzling appeals. On Normal Situations, it acts like the eldest Pokémon, just like a big sister to all of Dawn's other Pokémon.

Before evolving, Ambipom was originally Ash's Pokémon. However, since Ash met it, it has loved the idea of contests and not battling and was eventually traded to Dawn and evolved soon afterward. Through the training it received from Ash when it was an Aipom, Ambipom is one of the major powerhouses of Dawn's team, and with this and its love for Contests, it is likely to be used many times in Dawn's campaigns. After partaking in a Pokémon Ping-Pong Tournament, it learned its true calling and after much consideration, decided to leave Dawn and Ash to stay and train in Ping-Pong.

After hooking it while fishing, the strong Buizel managed to take out Pikachu, Piplup and Zoey's Glameow. This made all three want to get it. After rescuing it from Team Rocket, Buizel allowed Dawn to battle it in order to capture it, which she did. Buizel is a rather strong and arrogant Pokémon, the strength of her team. However, due to its arrogance, it is not above disobeying orders. Buizel was more into battling than contests. This led Zoey to ask Dawn if it was right to be in her team. After a trial, Dawn decided to trade Buizel for Ash's Aipom.

Dawn first encountered Mesprit in its spirit form at Lake Verity. When Mesprit was captured by Team Galactic, Dawn and Piplup came and freed it from the Red Chain's power. Together with their hearts connected along with Ash, Azelf, Brock, and Uxie, Dawn and Mesprit worked together to calm Dialga and Palkia and save the Sinnoh region from destruction.

When Pikachu got lost, Dawn encountered it and tried to catch it. When the Poké Ball failed to, she realized he belongs to someone and searched for his trainer and succeeded.She also tried to protect Pikachu from Team Rocket.

Dawn's bike was destroyed by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, a sort of ongoing gag that has been used with the other two girls, Misty and May. Not with Iris though with her swinging on vines.

Both Hikari and Dawn mean some type of light.

As revealed in DP161, Dawn's nickname Pikari/Dee Dee is tied with her fear of Plusle and Minun.

Dawn is the first main character other than Ash to see a Legendary Pokémon right at the beginning of her journey with her destined Pokémon. Ash saw Ho-oh with Pikachu on his side while Dawn saw Mesprit after saving Piplup.

Dawn is the first of Ash's companions to have caught an Electric-type Pokémon, Pachirisu.

Dawn's personality reflects one of the emotion Pokémon, Mesprit.

Dawn is the first female protagonist to trade Pokémon with Ash.

Dawn is Ash's only companion who did not have a particular reason for traveling with Ash and Brock through a region.

Dawn is the second character besides May to travel to another region Ash has already been through. In Dawn's case, she traveled to Hoenn where Ash previously traveled, and May traveled to Johto where Ash was traveling before meeting her.

Dawn is Ash's only travelling companion who lost to Jessie in an appeal round and to compete for the same ribbon twice.

Both Dawn and Zoey's Japanese names, "Hikari" and "Nozomi". They are both also the names of two Shinkansen "bullet train" lines. The Nozomi is faster than the Hikari, which resembles how Zoey goes further in her skills as a coordinator, than Dawn.

Dawn is the only female companion of Ash's that has battled against a member of the Elite Four. In this case, it is Lucian.